Pregnancy brain

I recently realized that I haven't really blogged all that much about the very biggest thing going on with us right now...pregnancy. I pretty much blame everything irresponsible that I do these days on "pregnancy brain", so I think I'll go with that here too. As I'm starting to experience some panicky moments now that I'm in my 3rd trimester (how is time flying by so fast?), I felt like I should try to document at least part of this crazy and amazing experience.

I will say first off that God has revealed himself to me in brand new ways through pregnancy. It is so amazing to me that in God's divine plan, he allowed a way for us to be a part of his creation of life. Think about it, the development of a newborn baby could have occured in any way that he saw fit, but he specifically designed women to be able to maintain a developing infant while he creates life. It is amazing and humbling and honoring.

I see a lot of kids on a daily basis at my job and sometimes the conversation goes something like this:
Mom: "See...that nurse has a baby in her tummy"
Kid: "Oh yeah...Ok...Hi baby"
...or something similar. It's such a complicated concept but children readily accept that somehow it is actually possible that there is a baby in my tummy. That kind of faith and acceptance is how God wants us to approach him.

Another lesson I'm learning is how it feels to worry about your child. He isn't even born yet and I worry about things. I've always been a worrier...if you're supposed to call me when your flight lands and I don't hear from you...you better believe I'm watching the news for any headlines of plane crashes. I also assume if you call me more than two times in a row (or...on the other hand, if I have called you more than two times with no response) that something terrible has probably happened to you. Unfortunately, this child has no chance of ever missing a curfew without me sending out a search light for him. I am already anticipating that God is most likely going to use motherhood as a way to redeem some of the anxiety that remains in my heart....hopefully all of it.

Silently repeating Philippians 4:6-7 to myself

I know I always like to see people's belly shots...so here are a few of mine. I'll spare you a week by week. Here is week 28 (right after I got back from my weekend in Texas in early November)And here is a pic of me today...31 weeks along.
I'll write more pregnancy posts later...I don't know if it's really all that interesting to anyone else but I'll entertain myself into thinking that it is. When you're pregnant, it's hard to imagine that everyone you know isn't thinking about YOUR pregnancy at EVERY moment of the day like you are.